Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Period-doubling reconstructions of semiconductor partial dislocations2015 / Ji-Sang Park, Bing Huang, Su-Huai Wei, Joongoo Kang, William E McMahon
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Effect of Ag Doping on Antibacterial and Photocatalytic Activity of Nanocrystalline TiO2
Abstract In the present study, nanocrystalline pure TiO2 and 5 mol% silver doped TiO2 (Ag-TiO2) powders were prepared by sol-gel route. The prepared powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) for their ...
2014 / M. Harikishore, M. Sandhyarani, K. Venkateswarlu, T.A. Nellaippan, N. Rameshbabu -
Sustainable Development and Eco-friendly Waste Disposal Technology for the Local Community
Abstract With the lack of a management budget and weak policy for waste management of local communities in developing countries, especially for clusters that have the amount of garbage less than 5 tons per day, open dumping or open burning is the...
2015 / Somrat Kerdsuwan, Krongkaew Laohalidanond, Woranuch Jangsawang -
Mathematical Modelling and Simulation Analysis of Advanced Alkaline Electrolyzer System for Hydrogen Production
Abstract As a result of increasing global energy demand, conventional energy sources such as coal, gas and liquefied petrol are being depleted at an alarming rate. An alternative way to overcome this is by applying renewable energy as a backup...
2014 / Alhassan Salami Tijani, Nur Afiqah Binti Yusup, A.H. Abdol Rahim -
Growth, structural, optical, thermal and dielectric properties of a novel semi-organic nonlinear optical crystal: Dichloro-diglycine zinc II
Abstract Dichloro-diglycine zinc II (DCDGZ II), a semi-organic nonlinear optical material has been synthesized and single crystals were grown from the aqueous solution up to dimensions 20×10×3mm3. The title compound, DCDGZ II (C4H10Cl2N2O4Zn·H2O)...
2014 / B. Uma, Rajnikant, K. Sakthi Murugesan, S. Krishnan, B. Milton Boaz -
Synthetic Liquid Fuels Obtained by Thermolysis of Animal Waste
Abstract Modern methods of recycling organic waste are not considered viable today. Therefore, an important advantage of the proposed technology is to obtain mineral fuel products as an output. The technologies of high-temperature processing are...
2014 / N.I. Krivtsova, S.G. Gaga, A.A. Desiatnichenco, E.V. Popok, E.V. Zaitceva -
Bioinspired large-scale aligned porous materials assembled with dual temperature gradients2015 / H. Bai, Y. Chen, B. Delattre, A. P. Tomsia, R. O. Ritchie
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Surface Roughness Analysis in Turning of Titanium Alloy by Nanocoated Carbide Insert
Abstract This paper discuss the application of Taguchi method for the optimization of surface roughness in machining of titanium alloy in continuous turning by nanocoated carbide insert. The use of conventional tool in machining of titanium alloy...
2014 / J. Nithyanandam, Sushil LalDas, K. Palanikumar -
Test Implementation and Initialisation of a Simulation Model Using CMSD
Abstract This paper describes a test implementation of the Core Manufacturing Simulation Data (CMSD) information model and the integration and initialisation of a simulation model in a newly developed Simulation Engine. The cost of developing,...
2014 / Panagiotis Barlas, Georgios Dagkakis, Cathal Heavey, Brendan Gaffney, Paul Young, et al. -
Compact PEM Fuel Cell System Using Chemical Hydride Hydrogen Source for Portable Power Generators
Abstract Compact PEM fuel cell system was developed for portable power generators. The power generator features a PEM fuel cell using a chemical hydride as a hydrogen source. The hydrogen generator extracts hydrogen using a catalytic hydrolysis from ...
2015 / Jincheol Kim, Taegyu Kim -
Storage Solutions for Renewable Production in Household Sector
Abstract The penetration of renewable sources, particularly wind and solar, into the grid has been increasing in recent years. As a consequence, there have been serious concerns over reliable and safety operation of power systems. One possible...
2015 / M. Bianchi, L. Branchini, A. De Pascale, F. Melino -
Mechanical Properties of Activated Carbon (AC) Coconut Shell Reinforced Polypropylene Composites Encapsulated with Epoxy Resin
Abstract This research is to develop the natural Activated Carbon (AC) composites prepared from carbon coconut shell reinforced with polypropylene (PP). Carbon coconut shell were selected from in-productive of coconut shell specifically namely as...
2014 / Z. Salleh, M.M. Islam, M.Y.M. Yusop, M.A. Mun’aim M. Idrus -
Effective thermal conductivity of wire-woven bulk Kagome sandwich panels
Abstract Thermal transport in a highly porous metallic wire-woven bulk Kagome (WBK) is numerically and analytically modeled. Based on topology similarity and upon introducing an elongation parameter in thermal tortuosity, an idealized Kagome with...
2014 / Xiaohu Yang, Jiaxi Bai, Ki-Ju Kang, Tianjian Lu, Tongbeum Kim -
Switchable Scattering Meta-Surfaces for Broadband Terahertz Modulation2014 / M. Unlu, M. R. Hashemi, C. W. Berry, S. Li, S.-H. Yang, et al.
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Processing of B4C Particulate Reinforced 6061Aluminum Matrix Composites by Melt Stirring Involving Two-step Addition
Abstract In the present work, 11wt% B4C particulate reinforced 6061 Al matrix composites were produced by conventional melt stirring method. Processing of composite is carried out at a temperature of 750°C involving two stage additions. Preheated...
2014 / V. Auradi, G.L. Rajesh, S.A. Kori -
Metallizing porous scaffolds as an alternative fabrication method for solid oxide fuel cell anodes
Abstract A combination of electroless and electrolytic techniques is used to incorporate nickel into a porous Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.90 scaffold. First a porous backbone was screen printed into a YSZ electrolyte using an ink that contains sacrificial pore...
2015 / Enrique Ruiz-Trejo, Alan Atkinson, Nigel P. Brandon -
From Inquiry to Theory: There – And Back Again
Abstract Question runs as follows: is an inquiry a preliminary step to a theory, or does a theory (evidently, found by chance, or by luck) give rise to an inquiry? This is a logical circle, or maybe an ellipsis. Or maybe this circle/ellipsis is a...
2014 / Emiliya Taysina -
Morphological Functions with Parallel Sets for the Pore Space of X-ray CT Images of Soil Columns2014 / F. San José Martínez, F. J. Muñoz Ortega, F. J. Caniego Monreal, F. Peregrina
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Investigation of Tensile and Bending Behavior of Aluminum based Hybrid Fiber Metal Laminates
Abstract Present investigation was focused on the effect of strain rate and lay-up configuration on tensile and flexural behaviour of four combinations of fiber metal laminates. Tensile and flexural tests were conducted on universal test machine as...
2014 / G.R. Rajkumar, M. Krishna, H.N. Narasimhamurthy, Y.C. Keshavamurthy, J.R. Nataraj -
Simulation Results and its Performance by Using a Developing Eigenvalue Analysis Module of the ADVENTURE System
Abstract We have been developing aneigenvalue analysis solver as a module of the ADVENTURE system; freely available computer aided engineering system for large-scale finite element analysis.In this paper, we introduce the preliminary development of...
2014 / Itaru Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kawai, Yosuke Kobayashi, Ryuji Shioya, Genki Yagawa